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Belden GRASS VALLEY MDX-3901 Manual To Installation And Operation

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MDX-3901
12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD 16 Audio Channel AES/MADI
Embedder/De-Embedder
Guide to Installation and Operation
13-03078-010-AA
2019-10-07
MDX-3901 | 1

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  • Page 1 MDX-3901 12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD 16 Audio Channel AES/MADI Embedder/De-Embedder Guide to Installation and Operation 13-03078-010-AA 2019-10-07 MDX-3901 | 1...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2010-2019, Grass Valley Canada. All rights reserved. Belden, Belden Sending All The Right Signals, and the Belden logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Belden Inc. or its affiliated companies in the United States and other jurisdictions. Grass Valley, Miranda, MDX-3901, iControl, and Densité...
  • Page 3 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Electromagnetic Compatibility This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC Part 15, Subpart B requirements for Class A digital devices. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Table of Contents MDX-3901 12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD 16 Audio Channel AES/MADI Embedder/De-embedder Introduction ............................6 Features............................... 7 Functional Block Diagram ........................7 Front Card-edge Interface ........................8 Installation ..........................9 Installation of Rear Connector Panels ....................9 Installation of the Optical Interface (option) ..................
  • Page 5 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.9.1 Factory/Presets tab ......................31 5.10 Alarm Config panel ..........................34 5.11 Info panel ............................37 Specifications .......................... 39 Contact Us ..........................41 Grass Valley Technical Support ......................... 41 Corporate Head Office ..........................41 ANNEX 1 – MDX-3901 Local User Interface................. 42 ANNEX 2 –...

  • Page 6: Mdx-3901 12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/Hd 16 Audio Channel Aes/Madi Embedder/De-Embedder

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1 MDX-3901 12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD 16 Audio Channel AES/MADI Embedder/De-embedder 1.1 Introduction The MDX-3901 is an advanced, high-quality audio processor, which can embed up to 16 audio channels from a combination of eight discrete AES and/or one MADI signal into a 12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD SDI signal or de-embed up to 16 audio channels into eight AES and one MADI signal from a 12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD SDI signal.

  • Page 7: Features

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1.2 Features Video  12G/Quad Link 3G/3G/HD input  Supports 3Gb/s level A (mapping 1) and level B  Audio/Video deglitcher to handle video hot switch at the input  Automatic detection of input video loss and switchover to local black or color bar for continuous audio/video output synchronization (embedder mode only) ...

  • Page 8: Front Card-Edge Interface

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1.4 Front Card-edge Interface The front card-edge of the MDX-3901 incorporates two elements:  Status LED (see section 3.2)  Select Button (see section 0) Select Status MDX-3901 Status LED SELECT button Figure 1.2 Front card-edge layout 8 | MDX-3901...

  • Page 9: Installation

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 Installation 2.1 Installation of Rear Connector Panels Grass Valley Densité series cards are each associated with a rear connector panel, which must be installed in the Densité frame before the card can be inserted. The MDX-3901 card is designed to fit into Grass Valley’s Densité-3 or Densité-3+ frame.

  • Page 10: Installation Of The Optical Interface (Option)

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Step 2: To install the MDX-3901 Card: Once a matching rear connector panel has been installed, install the MDX-3901 card as follows: 1. Open the front panel of the frame. 2. Slide the MDX-3901 card into the slot and push gently on the handle to seat the connectors. When using a double-slot-width rear panel, the card should be inserted into the right-most of the two slots.

  • Page 11: Summary Of Rear Panel Connections

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2.3.2 Summary of rear panel connections MDX-3901-7-3+SRP-Q MDX-3901-1-3+SRP-Q MDX-3901-7-3DP-Q-F MDX-3901-1-3DP-Q-F   Single-slot-width panel with HD-BNC   Double-slot-width panel with BNC     CONNECTORS 12G/3G/HD IN 3G IN 12G/3G/HD OUT 3G OUT AES3 I/O (110) on HD-SUB26 AES3-id I/O (75) on HD-SUB26 ...
  • Page 12 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AES IN / OUT – Discrete digital audio inputs (Embedder) or outputs (De-Embedder) (8): see table below. MADI audio input (Embedder) or output (De-Embedder) (1): see table below. LTC linear time code input (Embedder) or output (De-Embedder) (1): see table below. Rear connector panels are available for AES3 (110 ) or AES3-id (75 ) signals.
  • Page 13 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Fiber I/O Cage – Fiber-optic input and outputs Rear panels whose part number ends in –F incorporate a fiber optic interface. The interface consists of two parts:  A socket on the rear panel into which an optional SFP interface module is plugged. ...

  • Page 14: User Interface

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3 User Interface 3.1 Control options The MDX-3901 can be controlled in three different ways:  The local control panel and its push-buttons can be used to move through a menu of parameters and to adjust parameter values (see section 4).

  • Page 15: Local Control Using The Densité Frame Control Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4 Local control using the Densité frame control panel Push the SELECT button on the MDX-3901 card edge (see Section 1.4) to assign the local control panel to operate the MDX-3901.  The STATUS LED on the MDX-3901 card edge flashes yellow. Use the control panel buttons to navigate through the menu, as described below.

  • Page 16: Remote Control Using Icontrol

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5 Remote control using iControl The operation of the MDX-3901 may be controlled using Grass Valley’s iControl system.  This manual describes the control panels associated with the MDX-3901 and their use.  Please consult the iControl User’s Guide for information about setting up and operating iControl. In iControl Navigator or iControl Websites, double-click on the MDX-3901 icon to open the control panel.
  • Page 17 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Section 1. The top section displays six icons on the left. These icons report different statuses such as card communication status, input signal and reference signal format and statuses. In some instances, they relate to conditions defined through parameters settings.
  • Page 18 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Icon #4 – Audio Status Audio OK (green) Yellow alarm condition detected on 1 or more channels (yellow) Red alarm condition detected on 1 or more channels (red) Icon #5 – Reference Reference OK. Mouse over to see the source of the reference, and its format, e.g. External, NTSC (green) Reference missing.

  • Page 19: Video Input/Output Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.2 Video Input/Output panel This panel allows input selection and control of the deglitcher. 5.2.1 Input/Output Config tab  Input Select: use the pulldown list to select between the copper input (BNC or HD-BNC), quad-link copper input (BNC or HD-BNC), and the fiber optic input (if available).
  • Page 20 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION To perform a glitch-free switch between two H = 0 H=½ line H = 0 H=½ line H = 0 sources, they must be in the same clean switch Line = x-1 Line = x Line = x+1 region.

  • Page 21: Reference Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.3 Reference panel Select the reference to be used by the MDX-3901. Reference Presence Indicates the format and presence of an external reference signal and of the internal reference signal. Selected Reference Indicates the reference used by the card and if the video signal is locked or not.

  • Page 22: Metadata Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.4 Metadata panel The configuration parameters for this panel depends on the MDX-3901’s operating mode (Embedder / de-embedder). 5.4.1 TC tab in embedder mode This tab controls LTC timecode embedding into the output SDI data stream. Insertion Select OFF to disable insertion and pass incoming signals through unchanged, or ON to embed both ATC-VITC and...

  • Page 23: Audio Processing Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.5 Audio Processing panel The Audio Processing panel provides input selection, full audio processing and delay parameters for the 16 channels that will be either embedded in the SDI or de-embedded and available on the discrete AES and the MADI outputs. 5.5.1 Status tab in embedder mode In embedder mode, the Status tab shows the current audio type present at each of the discrete AES and MADI inputs.

  • Page 24: Src Tab

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.5.3 SRC tab This tab is available in embedder mode only. Each of the rear panel AES inputs is provided with a sample rate converter that will convert the sample rate of the AES input to match and synchronize the sample rate of the audio data embedded in the incoming SDI stream.

  • Page 25: Phase/Delay Tab

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Data Type Shows the current signal type at the output of the shuffler. The same color code is used as in the Status tab. Signal Presence When any signal type is detected (PCM or Non-PCM, including Dolby), the status indicators turn green. 5.5.5 Phase/Delay tab This tab controls audio phase inversion and delay for channels 1 to 16 across four tabs.

  • Page 26: Shuffler/Mixer Tab

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.5.6 Shuffler/Mixer tab This tab controls the audio output mixers for channels 1 to 16 across eight tabs. Each of these tabs provides all necessary controls for the output mixers. The example shown is for the output CH 1-2 tab, but all tabs have the same controls.

  • Page 27: Config Tab

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.5.7 Config tab This tab is available in embedder mode only. It contains an Audio Insert pulldown for each of the four audio groups (1 to 4) embedded in the output SDI. Use the pulldown to set the following options: ...

  • Page 28: Silence Tab

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.6.2 Silence tab tab sets the silence detection alarm threshold and This hysteresis for the 16 audio channels. Select a Silence CHX row to configure it in the Output section below. Apply To All: set to apply the settings made in the Output section to the Output settings of all Silence CHX channels at the same time.

  • Page 29: Monitoring Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.7 Monitoring panel 5.7.1 RALM tab The Remote Audio Level Meter (RALM) panel displays audio output level meters for up to 8 channels. Channels are displayed in pairs, so up to four stereo meters will be present in the meter display window.

  • Page 30: Test Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Overload Cursor – The overload cursor appears on the meter as an arrowhead in the meter scale. The two pulldown boxes set the position of the overload cursor on the left and right meters. If the audio level on that channel goes above the cursor, the Overload Counter at the top of the meter is incremented.

  • Page 31: Factory/Presets Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.9 Factory/Presets panel 5.9.1 Factory/Presets tab Factory Section Load Factory: Clicking this button will restore the card to a factory default state. Two checkboxes enable the user to choose whether to include Parameters and/or Alarms in the restoration process.
  • Page 32 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Figure 5.20 Profile Copy window (typical) Copy profile from This line shows this MDX-3901 card, and identifies it by App server, Densité frame and slot number, card type and firmware version. The Profile column has a pulldown that allows you to select which profiles you will work with, and gives these choices: ...
  • Page 33 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Restore profiles from disk… Click this button to open an Open dialog box within which you can locate and select a valid MDX-3901 profile file.  Click Open to read the contents of the file and to reconfigure this MDX-3901’s profiles according to its contents ...

  • Page 34: Alarm Config Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.10 Alarm Config panel This panel allows the alarm reporting of the MDX-3901 to be configured. The panel opens in a new window when the button is clicked, and can be resized if needed. The panel is organized in columns. Status/Name This contains an expandable tree listing all the alarms reported by this MDX-3901 card.
  • Page 35 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Levels associated with these alarms: The pulldown lists may contain some or all of the following options: The alarm makes no contribution (black icon) The alarm is of minor importance (yellow icon) The alarm is of major importance (orange icon) The alarm is of critical importance (red icon) The alarm exists but has no effect (used for text and composite alarms) Shortcut: if you click in one of the Set All boxes beside a section heading, you will open a pulldown that lets you...
  • Page 36 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Copy to other cards Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm configuration set for this card to be copied into another MDX-3901 card.  Select one or more destination cards from the list in the window by clicking in the checkboxes, or all of them by clicking in the All checkbox ...

  • Page 37: Info Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.11 Info panel When the MDX-3901 is included in an iControl environment, certain information about the card should be available to the iControl system. The user can enter labels and comments that will make this card easy to identify in a complex setup. This information is entered into data boxes in the Info control panel.
  • Page 38 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION  Remote System Administration – opens the Joining Locators window, which lists remote lookup services to which this MDX-3901 is registered Add: Force the iControl service for this MDX-3901 to register itself on a user-specified Jini lookup service, using the following syntax in the data box: jini://<ip_address>...

  • Page 39: Specifications

    12G: SMPTE ST 2082-10: 2160p59.94, 2160p50 Cable length (Belden 1694A): HD: 250m (820 ft.) at 1.485 Gb/s 3G: 145m (475 ft.) at 2.970 Gb/s Cable length (Belden 4794R cable): 12G: 50m (180 ft.) at 11.88 Gb/s Return loss: >15 dB up to 1.5 GHz >10 dB from 1.5 GHz to 3 GHz...
  • Page 40 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MADI Input or Output (1) Connector: BNC or HD-BNC Signal: AES10 Framing: 64 subframes, 48 kHz Output: 16 first channels of 64 subframes, 48 kHz Impedance: 75 ohm Output Level: 0.6 V LTC Input or Output (1) Connector: BNC or HD-BNC Signal (1): SMPTE 12M Impedance: <10kΩ...

  • Page 41: Contact Us

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 7 Contact Us Grass Valley Technical Support For technical assistance, contact our international support center, at 1-800-547-8949 (US and Canada) or +1 530 478 4148. To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you, please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley’s website (www.grassvalley.com).

  • Page 42: Annex 1 - Mdx-3901 Local User Interface

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX 1 – MDX-3901 Local User Interface LEV1 LEV2 LEV3 LEV4 VALUES Conditions STATUS GENERAL STATUS REAR TYPE / SFP TYPE / CARD TYPE / Card type= mux/demux MODE / Mode=single/quad input HW ERROR NO CARRIER or “FORMAT” VIDEO STATUS GROUP# “1 to 4”...

  • Page 43: Annex 2 - Installing The Optical Interface

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX 2 – Installing the Optical Interface Installing and removing the Fiber I/O interface cartridge requires special care. This annex describes the process. Some rear panels used with the MDX-3901 incorporate a fiber optic interface. The interface consists of two parts: ...
  • Page 44 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2. Position the SFP module so that the recessed slot is lined up with the tab side of the socket. 3. Slide the module straight into the socket, and push gently until it clicks into position. Connecting the fiber optic cables 1.
  • Page 45 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2. Grasp the SFP module between your thumb and forefinger, and pull it straight out of the slot.  Do NOT pull on the bale clasp lever to remove the module, as it is easily damaged ...

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